How to "fix" your face

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🗓️ 16 May 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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All that time staring at ourselves on Zoom has led to a rise in procedures like “baby botox.” The Atlantic’s Yasmin Tayag explains the lure and Dr. Michelle Hure injects some caution. This episode was produced by Amanda Lewellyn, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Andrea Kristinsdottir and Patrick Boyd, and hosted by Noel King. Listen to Today, Explained ad-free by becoming a Vox Member: vox.com/members. Transcript at vox.com/today-explained-podcast. Image credit Visoot Uthairam/Getty. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Okay, so the other day I was in Portland, Oregon on vacation.
0:04.0	I'm hanging out, feeling really good about myself.
0:07.0	And I walk past this store where a guy is offering free skincare samples.
0:11.0	And I say, sure, I'll take one.
0:13.0	Then he literally grabs me by the hand and pulls me into his store.
0:17.0	And suddenly he's putting like this goop under my eyes. And I'm not a big
0:22.2	skincare girly, but I dabble. And I'm telling you that this stuff was magic. Like I have the
0:28.4	beginnings of crow's feet, but I'm looking in the mirror and they're gone. And he tells me,
0:34.0	this stuff costs $1,300, but it is so worth it because you won't need Botox for another
0:42.1	three years.
0:45.3	How old are you, Amanda?
0:47.2	I'm 28 years old.
0:53.0	Coming up on today, Explained.
0:54.9	The pressure to fix your face.
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